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Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

I take 400 mg every night, mostly for insomnia, but also for depression. I take it about 15-20 minutes before bed. If I stay up after my head starts to get fuzzy and I feel slightly dizzy then it goes away quickly and the medicine won't help me sleep when I do finally go to bed that night, so I have to go to bed right away when it starts working. It allows me to sleep, it doesn't make me sleep. I don't feel drowsy or hung over in the morning as long as I allow at least 10 hours from the time I take the medication until I have to be up and functioning in the morning. I used to take a much smaller dose for the insomnia caused by my depression until I started taking other medications that CAUSED insomnia, and I had to increase the trazodone dose to counteract that. But it is a great medication for me and I'm happy with how it works. No side effects.

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5 Stars

Posted 4 months ago (3/27/2015)5

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

I take 100-200mg a night depending on how much trouble I think I'll have falling asleep (if I slept in late, if I took a nap, etc) and after about 30 minutes it makes me all fuzzy and I know it's time to go to sleep. If I try to stay awake through that initial fuzziness then it doesn't seem to work as well. Also it gives me absolutely WILD dreams, it's fantastic. Sometimes I wake up feeling a little drowsy in the morning, but it's usually fine so long as I get about 9-10 hours of sleep (which is what I need as a young adult anyways)

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5 Stars

Posted 13 months ago (7/15/2014)5

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

I've taken Ambien and temazepam for sleep. Both of which are very addictive. I decided I no longer wanted to take either drug and become addicted. Dr. has now given me trazadone and it has been great. Although I have to take 100 mgs, I can rest knowing I wont become addicted. Worth a try if you have insomnia.

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2.5 Stars

Posted 18 months ago (1/20/2014)2

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

The drug works great for insomnia but it is addictive. I am taking 100 mgs at bed time. A larger dose results in bad dreams. I have been taking it for 12 years. Tried to quit several times but can not sleep without it.

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5 Stars

Posted 27 months ago (5/2/2013)5

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

It has worked well so far,and recommened to my daughter.i use trazodone 50 mg.I use it with my resterol.

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3 Stars

Posted 27 months ago (4/28/2013)3

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

Trazodone 150 mg split by 1/3rd. For insomnia induced by anxiety. It did help me get to sleep, but upon waking and several hours after, I felt very groggy and my thinking was affected for the same time period. It has not affected the depression,but reduces the (nighttime) anxiety that I take fluoxetine for. (Probably,because the flouxetine is wearing off) All in all, I am happy to get some sleep, so therefore, I'll take the grogginess over lack of sleep. I took Zoloft in the past and another type of depression anxiety drug and both of them made my symptoms worse.

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4 Stars

Posted 27 months ago (4/26/2013)4

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Depression Report

Trazodone really helped me to get good sleep because before i started taking it, I usually stayed up all night and slept all day. It really helped with my depression as well while taking 150 mg.

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5 Stars

Posted 31 months ago (1/13/2013)5

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

I have never been able to sleep, but it was even worse after my husband passed away suddenly. My "wonderful" primary care doctor said that the most important thing I could do for my body was to sleep, that was seven years ago, I absolutely love this med, it still works as well for me as it did on the first night. I personally do not get any dizziness or any other side effects..to me this is a little bit of heaven. Being a nurse it is better for my patients to have a well rested nurse to take care of them than a sleepy one. I take 50mg every night then happily turn off the light. :)

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3.5 Stars

Posted 31 months ago (1/12/2013)3

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Anxiety Report

dividose was not helpful at all for me. 50 mg, Trazadone helped me start sleeping through the night without dreams, basically flashbacks (of traumatic experience).
I also had insomnia (only 5 hours of sleep) from PMS, anxiety disorder, PMDD premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and menopause from hell.
IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH the dry mouth part. As I got better, the dry mouth got worse, plus I didn't want to leave the house (slowed down). When that started, I did split tablet in half. Eventually, I was able to begin to feel that trazadone simply erased the flashbacks, insomnia,
anxiety. But that didn't mean, it doesn't try to sneak back in, cause it would. Now I don't take it unless, i start waking in the middle of the night 2 nights in a row. Or start it again, if something is frightening to me, and can't seem to let it go. (ocd) one thought stuck in my mind, I May have stayed with trazadone a yr. or a year and a half.

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2 Stars

Posted 31 months ago (1/11/2013)2

Rated Trazodone (Oleptro) for Insomnia Report

First time taking it for my insomnia.I slept all night.It took only like 10mins to start working but I had balance issues ,dizziness when I got up. I took the 50mg dose sometimes split it in half to have less side effects.Next time I took it I was more careful in getting up. I gradually Stand up and since then had no further issues,continued taking it as necessary.After a year,I had increasing insomnia and seems trazodone didn't work anymore for me even with full 50 mg dosages every night.I started to have increasing difficulty getting up.dizziness,feeling of passing out , low blood pressure which took like two days to go away. I had to see my doctor and stop taking it.

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